“Guilty Pleasure” Games: Not Ashamed
We all have them… those “guilty pleasure” games that are categorically rejected by the entire gaming world as terrible, broken titles that on a scale of 1 to 10 would […]
MGS: Safety in the Shadows
I had never previously considered the proper use of shadows in a video game until the first time I played Metal Gear Solid on PS1. The need to survey my […]
FFX: The Prerequisites of Perfect Love
Almost all games have prerequisites built into them… for example, we can’t unlock the most powerful abilities on our character’s skill tree until we have achieved the basic ones first. […]
From Ordinary to EXTRAORDINARY!
Just about ANYONE can be the hero of the story in a video game… many of my favorite iconic gaming heroes were simply regular characters living very normal lives until […]
Promises, Promises…
For years, gaming events and expos such as E3, Gamescom, TGS, PAX and more have brought us exciting announcements, trailers, and game reveals that fill our eyes with graphical wonders […]
Mass Effect: The One Choice We All Make
The original Mass Effect trilogy was packed with unique choices, but after answering all of these hundreds of smaller questions the entire game still led to one final decision… how […]
The “Mass Effect” of Past, Present, and Future Sins
(Author’s Note: I am writing this with a heavy heart over the recent scandals that have plagued the church over the last several weeks, specifically the fall of several high-profile […]
Fable: For Every Choice, a Consequence
The infamous tagline for the original Fable was “for every choice, a consequence”… and over the course of the series, each decision made in the game, from those that seemed […]
Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and Patiently Preparing
With the announcement of “Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom”, Nintendo finally placed Princess Zelda herself as the primary playable character in a mainline Zelda title. While she’s never been […]
Mario and Luigi: Playing the Same Game Different Ways
Most of my earliest gaming memories were on the original NES playing Super Mario Brothers with my sister… but while we were both playing the same game with the same […]
Finding God in Video Games 